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On Saturday, Ohio State beat Notre Dame in thrilling fashion. The Buckeyes trailed late in the fourth quarter but scored a last-second touchdown. Chip Traynaum sealed the deal with a one-yard run that literally left one second on the clock. Ohio State football is highly regarded, as it is ranked the sixth-best college football team […]

Bo Nix and Oregon football seized their opportunity last Saturday against Deion Sanders’ Colorado Buffaloes. The spotlight, as it’s been since Sanders signed on to become the head coach of Colorado, has been wherever the Buffaloes have gone. And needless to say, Dan Lanning and his Ducks football team were tired of it. Lanning has […]

Leilani Armenta, India Pulphus & Haley Van Voorhis are three women making history in college football this season. These three student-athletes are making waves as the first women football players for their respective teams. Jackson State University freshman Armenta and Shaw University junior Pulphus are believed to be the first female college football players in […]

The Michigan football program has beaten Ohio State football the last two seasons, capitalizing with a Big Ten championship each time. On Saturday night, Ohio State football coach Ryan Day called out former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz for his comments on the Buckeyes’ program, making an “Ohio vs. the World” boast that had fans […]

Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame football had Ohio State on the ropes during their highly-anticipated showdown on Saturday. Notre Dame football held a precarious four-point lead in the waning moments. They were just one second away from avenging their loss to Ohio State last year. Unfortunately, Ohio State scored on a last-second touchdown to stun […]

The opportunity was there for Notre Dame football. They had the chance to exceed past shortcomings over the last several seasons. In a season that resembles parity across the country in most conferences, the Fighting Irish had more than a fighting chance against the always tough Ohio State Buckeyes. But as we know, in the […]

While Colorado football’s first loss of the season against Oregon came in blowout fashion, it certainly hasn’t discouraged Shedeur Sanders and the rest of the Buffaloes. In fact, it might have motivated them even more. The Buffaloes suffered a 42-6 humbling at the hands of the Ducks on Saturday, with Oregon’s defense stopping the Colorado […]

Alabama State head coach Eddie Robinson Jr. issued a statement about the Hornet player who punched a Florida A&M security guard via the SWAC Weekly Coaches Call. Robinson condemned the action of the player, identified as Jacob Freeman,, and offered a brief update. “The incident that the kid had was unfortunate, and he was 100 […]

Bettors usually jump on a team that has a blazing start. Fans did just that when they saw Coach Deion Sanders lead the Colorado football squad to a three-win start. But, they did not expect Coach Dan Lanning’s Oregon football squad to put out an absolute masterclass against the Buffaloes. People who placed money on […]

The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) released a statement concerning Saturday’s incident with an Alabama State football player who punched a Florida A&M security guard. The player, who’s since been identified as Jacob Freeman, assaulted the security guard after getting into a verbal altercation with a Florida A&M student in the stands. The security guard pushed […]

Earlier this month, Michigan State gave notice of its intention to fire head football coach Mel Tucker for cause after being suspended for a sexual misconduct scandal involving a complaint by Brenda Tracy. Mel Tucker’s attorneys responded to Michigan State’s letter expressing its intent to fire the head football coach for cause, claiming that the […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide beat the Ole Miss Rebels on Saturday Night and avoided further scrutiny that their early season woes have brought. Head Coach Nick Saban, however, did not hold back his criticism of an unsuccessful play during the game. After blocking a punt, Alabama football had the ball on the one-yard line. Instead […]

The NCAA football world is still digesting this past weekend’s results, including the 42-6 beatdown Oregon football put on Colorado football. Deion Sanders and the Buffaloes were overmatched from the first quarter onward in a result that caught the attention of ‘Undisputed’ host Richard Sherman. Sanders, aka ‘Coach Prime,’ was listed as just one of […]

In SEC Network analyst Paul Finebaum’s eyes, Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame football aren’t a College Football Playoff contender after they lost to Ohio State 17-14 on Saturday. Finebaum shared his thoughts on the “Matt Barrie Show” (via The Spun’s Daniel Bates) on Monday. “He’s (Marcus Freeman) such a good coach and he’s come so […]

The Alabama football quarterback position is set to be scrutinized all season long. But make no mistake about it: Jalen Milroe is QB1 for the Crimson Tide, and he did just enough to prove it on Saturday against the Ole Miss Rebels. Ole Miss, coming into Tuscaloosa while Alabama was recovering from one of their […]

The Texas football program is preparing to face Kansas on Saturday while looking to stay undefeated, and Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian opened up on the 57-56 overtime loss to Kansas two years ago, how that changed the program now, and how different Kansas is now as well. “I kind of referenced it to the […]

Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh has been absent from the sideline for each of his team’s first three games of the season. While their coach has been serving a self-imposed suspension, Michigan football has come out of the gate hot, starting their 2023 season with a perfect 3-0 record. What has their fearless leader […]

One of the beauties of watching and following college football is that there’s something different for everyone to enjoy. Obviously, fans and alma mater of certain universities will have their allegiances to root for, but every game has something for the innocent bystander. Some people just want to watch a good game. Others may have […]

The Colorado Buffaloes football team has been the hottest story in all of college football over the last three weeks. And really, even before that. It all started back in December of last year when Deion Sanders left HBCU school Jackson State, his first collegiate head coaching job, for the Colorado football team. But did […]

The first few weeks of the college football season are a little bit like a guessing game. Everyone has their prognostications of who they think is good, and that either gets confirmed or doesn’t once pads get put on and it gets settled in between the lines. The first couple of weeks are nice and […]

Colorado football is gearing up for its next Pac-12 showdown against USC following this first loss of the season at the hands of Oregon last Saturday. They’re doing so without star two-way player Travis Hunter, who’s expected to miss at least two more games after suffering a lacerated liver against Colorado State. Hunter watched Colorado […]

The Nebraska football team is 2-2 after defeating Louisiana Tech in Week 4, but head coach Matt Rhule is still trying to figure out his quarterback dilemma. Jeff Sims began the year as the team’s starter, but then Heinrich Haarberg took over. With a massive Week 5 Big Ten showdown against Michigan on top, Rhule […]

The college football season is four weeks in and there are plenty of notable storylines. As far as the Heisman Trophy race is concerned, there are a ton of potential names who could be headed to New York. Two of the favorites are in the Pac-12 with Washington football star Michael Penix Jr. and reigning […]

The James Madison football team is 4-0 and riding high after a huge road win against Utah State in Week 4. However, the Dukes are making headlines for other reasons as head coach Curt Cignetti showed the referee a picture on his cell phone as they were arguing a call during the game. JMU busted […]

The entire sports world is buzzing with the rumors of Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and pop star Taylor Swift reportedly being seen with each other. New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick chimed in, and everybody is talking about it for some reason. Now Georgia football tight end Brock Bowers offered a […]

Notre Dame football suffered a heartbreaking loss to Ohio State football this past Saturday. The Fighting Irish led the game until the final second, as Ohio State running back Chip Trayanum scored a one-yard touchdown to give the Buckeyes a 17-14 win. On that play and one before it, Notre Dame football had just 10 […]

Oregon football dominated Coach Prime and Colorado football on Saturday, 42-6. The Ducks clearly were the better team and somewhat exposed the Buffaloes, who have great skill players but are weaker at the line of scrimmage. Much was made after the game of Oregon’s Dan Lanning and his pregame speech, when he said the Ducks […]

Houston Texans rookie quarterback CJ Stroud finally tasted success for the first time in the NFL regular season after he led his team to a 37-17 victory over Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday. Stroud is a winner, as he proved during his time in Columbus in college with Ohio State football. And […]

Even after his first loss as the head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes, Deion Sanders and his program are still the talk of college football. The head coach has already done wonders for Colorado, and he is completely changing the college football scene. Sanders seems committed to sticking in Boulder and turning the Colorado program […]

In a thrilling home opener, Jackson State was able to fend off SWAC East rival Bethune-Cookman as they looked to play spoiler to the defending SWAC Champions chances at another banner season. The game started off with JSU making history as Leilani Armenta became the first women’s player to play for the football program. She […]

Prairie View A&M won a thriller against SWAC West rival Alcorn in a game that will surely determine the championship picture at the end of the season. Guillermo Garcia Rodriguez kicked a 46-yard field goal as time to ice the game for the Panthers, who were locked into a back-and-forth battle with the Braves that […]

South Carolina State notched their first victory of the year in dominant fashion against out-of-conference FCS foe The Citadel 31-10. The game itself was special as head coach Buddy Pough, in his final year at the helm of the Bulldogs before retiring following the season, coached against Maurice Drayton. Drayton served as an assistant coach […]

Norfolk State notched their second win of the season thrillingly against the CAA’s Towson University 21-14. The Spartans deployed an unstoppable rushing attack to secure the win against the Tigers, finishing the game with 350 yards rushing. The rushing total is the second most in program history behind the Spartans 471-yard run clinic against Bethune-Cookman […]

The Colorado Buffaloes did not have a very good weekend. By now, everyone has already heard about how the Oregon Ducks of Dan Lanning were able to humble Deion Sanders’ Colorado football in Eugene. But perhaps not many know about an off-the-field incident following the Buffaloes’ 42-6 loss to the Ducks that involved Colorado linebacker […]

Week 4 in college football proved to be a pivotal week for the Heisman Trophy power rankings. This year, as much as it seems there’s a clear favorite, there’s also an opportunity for multiple players to make huge gains with big performances. This was one of those weeks. So, let’s take a look at the […]

After coming off one of the worst outings for an Alabama football team in the Nick Saban era, the now No. 12 Crimson Tide came back on Saturday with a victory over SEC West rival Ole Miss. Though Alabama was the favorite coming into the game, pundits (myself included) still wondered what exactly this Alabama […]

It was a good weekend for Houston Texans quarterback CJ Stroud and his former coach and teammates, Ryan Day and Ohio State. After the Buckeyes came back to win a thriller vs. Notre Dame, Stroud got the first win of his NFL career when his Texans beat the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 3. So, when […]

It would seem that Colorado head coach Deion Sanders got a lesson in humble after his team was blown out 42-6 by powerful Oregon. However, don’t think for a second that Sanders is a flash in the pan who doesn’t have a clue about coaching a big-time college football program. Remember, he did not step […]

The 2023 college football season is now four weeks into play — five if you’re counting Week 0 — and we’re starting to learn more about which teams may have been overrated and underrated coming into the season. With still one game left in September, there are two months of play left, with a lot […]